Two weeks ago, Nationals MP Andrew Broad spoke out passionately in defence of Australia’s foreign aid budget in an interview with The Age.

Just hours earlier, two of Oaktree’s Community Leaders had met with Broad to discuss the End Poverty campaign. What was meant to be a half hour meeting ended up continuing for nearly two hours, as they discussed and debated the importance of Australia’s role in the global fight to end extreme poverty.

Later that day, the Coalition announced they wouldn’t be cutting aid.

This is just one story, from the 100 meetings that Oaktree had with federal MPs and Senators, and the thousands of conversations with everyday Australians on the End Poverty Roadtrip.

But there’s more work to be done, and we need your help to make it happen.

With the G20 Summit just around the corner, we’ve united the voices of more than 10,000 Australians in support of more foreign aid, and a fairer global tax system that stops hurting the world’s most vulnerable. Now we have to make sure the Government hears them.

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We spend 90.1% of public donations on our direct impact programs and advocacy work. That means funding our carefully chosen partners in the Asia Pacific. It's influencing policy change, ensuring our leaders work to end poverty. And investing in our volunteers, building an organisation of compassionate and highly skilled leaders.

Approximately 3.1% of public donations enable our fundraising, so we can grow our impact, while 6.7% covers basic costs of admin and accountability.

Oaktree is young people leading a movement to end poverty. For us, change starts with a simple belief - that extreme poverty is unacceptable. Beliefs turn into action, and enough informed action will end extreme poverty in our lifetime. Oaktree is one of Australia's largest youth-run organisation with over 150,000 supporters. Join us.